Paid Notice: Deaths
MCKELVEY, ANDREW

Published: November 30, 2008

McKELVEY--Andrew. The staff members of Roads to Success are saddened by the passing of our founder and benefactor, Andrew McKelvey, whose generosity and leadership led to the creation of our program. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends. McKELVEY--Andrew J., loving father, generous friend, philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Monster Worldwide, died November 27, 2008 after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 74 and lived in Manhattan. In 1967, using borrowed office space and a part time assistant, Andy started Telephone Marketing Programs, which grew to capture 30% of the United States national yellow pages advertising business. In the early 1990s, TMP expanded into newspaper help wanted advertising and in 1995, TMP acquired The Monster Board, the world's 454th website which became Monster.com. Andy believed that if you make money in this country, you have an obligation to give it back. His success enabled him to support and fund several charitable endeavors. The McKelvey Foundation has thus far supported over 600 students to attend college. Since 2001, he has generously funded the Andrew J. McKelvey Lung Transplant Center at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He has also provided funds for the Andrew J. McKelvey Lower School at the Hewitt School in Manhattan. In addition, he provided funding for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and for the Andrew J. McKelvey Campus Center at Westminster College in PA, his alma mater. Andy worked with our nations elected officials on initiatives such as Americans for Gun Safety and the 9/11 educational fund, Families for Freedom. Andy was equally passionate, disciplined and determined in business and in his personal life. He was a lifelong entrepreneur, starting his first business at age 11. He lived by his own rules and believed that ''timing is everything.'' He was humble, trusting, generous, curious and driven. He was also an adventurer who traveled to every continent, often organizing exotic trips with all of his closest friends and family. Andy will be greatly missed and is loved by his four children: Geoffrey, Stuart, Christine, Amanda as well as his six grandchildren: Zachery, Dylan, Gray, Andrew, Siena and Alex. A memorial service will be announced. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in to either of the following charities, which he was very passionate about. McKelvey Foundation, 200 Park Ave., 44 Floor, New York, NY 10166. The McKelvey Center at Emory University, 1364 Clifton Road, NE, Room F-520, Atlanta, GA 30322.